A reader just sent us about some info about Nikon’s upcoming product. He met Nikon China’s Igawa Yuxi at CP+, Igawa Yuxi said that Nikon will soon announce a new Z-mount mirrorless camera for most photographers (Nikon Z5). He didn’t say whether this new Z-mount camera will be full frame or APS-C, maybe similar to Canon’s EOS RP (B&H Photo/Adorama/Amazon) (Entry-level full frame mirrorless camera). Stay tuned.

dpreview has just posted the interview with Nikon executives at Photokina 2018 in September. They talked about Nikon’s first full frame mirrorless cameras Nikon Z6 and Nikon Z7, and D850, and end of Nikon 1 system. Nikon excutives believe that Nikon Z mount mirrorless system can achieve the number one position in the world’s full frame mirrorless camera market.

LensVid has interview with Mr. Dirk Jasper from Nikon Europe, talking about new Nikon Z mirrorless cameras. From the interview, Mr. Dirk Jasper said Nikon Z7(B&H/Adorama/Amazon) has better dynamic range and better continuous shooting than Nikon D850. Mr. Dirk Jasper also said that Nikon will continue to release F-mount lenses for the foreseeable future, but mirrorless cameras will become more dominant than DSLRs (even for professionals).

Here is another interview with Nikon executive for the Nikon Z6 & Z7 full frame mirrorless cameras. Nikon Z7 is now already shipping. According to the interview, Nikon is also working on low end models of Nikon Z series mirrorless cameras, may be APS-C(DX) size, below Nikon Z6.

During this CP+ Show in Japan, dpreview had a chance to interview with Kenji Tanaka, Sony Senior General Manager of the Digital Imaging Business Group. According to Sony Executive Kenji Tanaka, he predicts that both Nikon and Canon will go full frame mirrorless cameras before CP+ Show 2019. Below is what Kenji Tanaka said:Read More »